I'm gonna regret this in the morning.
Jul. 15th, 2006 01:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shamanicshayminSometimes, I wonder what would've happened if I grew up a SEGA Kid instead of a Nintendo Kid.
Not that I'd ever EVER trade my Nintendo roots for anything. Just that the isolation kinda hurts when you don't share the same old*sk00l memories as everyone else. I could speak of 8-Bit NES goodness among Mario and Kirby fans, and squeal immediately when I spot Bubble Bobble and Excitebike. The closest to old*sk00l Sonic I got was a couple Game Gear games and 4 AoStH tapes, so I feel lost/confused in a SatAM/Archie/Fleetway crowd. (Not to mention I couldn't play anything from SEGA Genesis until Mega & Gems Collection came out) 'Specially hurts when they're all "OMG THE NEW SONIC GAMEZ SUXX0RZ" when you know, SA2B was what got me curious about the "golden days" and seek the fandom and older games in the first place. :/
Albeit, I always felt if I ever DID say something like that, I'd get comments of "OMG U N00b GET AWAY FROM ME!!1!1" and be avoided like a hyper 15-year-old Sonic X otaku. (And I don't even like Sonic X. XDD! I just icon the pretty art 'cause decent game screenshots are tough to find) Dude, you see me wishing everyday it were the 90s again. No doubt, that would be me boycotting the "new" Polly Pocket/Littlest Pet Shop/Trollz at the front door. I'm just not interested in Archie, no matter how much "ZOMG THE GOLDEN DAYS BEFOER THEY SUCK3D!11!" or "IAN PIATTO IZ RITING NOW!11" is thrown at me. Also? I have little access to SatAM and chances of downloading the entire series has always backfired on me. Sure, I know there's YouTube. But I'm very picky with how I watch the series, and I prefer seeing all the episodes in order--and not all episodes appear to be uploaded last time I checked. That, and I'd much prefer a time when I can watch it for my own personal enjoyment, not for you to nag at me 'cause OMG HOW DAAAAAAAAAARE I NEGLECT SATAM, THE GREATEST CARTOON OF ALL TIME. So sorry you feel soooooooooo repressed because TEH OMG EBIL SEGA fans are nowadays common. But geez Louise, there's more of you than you might think. Your fandom is not gonna shrivel up and die the next Knuxouge fic that's uploaded instead of your precious Knuckles/Julie-Su. Whenever I go on DA, the kajillions of art is proof of that.
I see the Sonic universes as different fandoms. Well, kinda. ^^;;; But you know what I mean. None of them is the same Sonic. I just happen to be a gamer girl who's had her start playing the games, therefore that's what I'm closest to. I never said anything like "OMG SEGA*SONIC IZ TEH ONLY TRUE SONIC ADN SATAM/ARCHI3 IZ AMERIKAN NOT JAPAN3S3 ADN NEDZ TO DYE!11!". Far from it. (I didn't say SatAM & Archie were the same thing either, but that's another subject. @.@;;;) I just don't feel the same connection for Sally, Bunnie and Antoine as I do for Mario, Kirby and Link. My nostalgia lies elsewhere.
Finally. My sister's a SatAM fan. I'm a SEGA fan. I don't push SEGA on her. So don't pressure me about your Sonicverse? :o Funkily enough, the time you're not shoving the series down my throat, maybe I'll finally get a hold of SatAM on DVD or something someday and watch it. Doesn't mean I'll immediately jump into writing SatAM fics or be apart of massive fandom discussions or anything, just that I like watching the show.
I don't want people ratting on me that, "No, it's not the 0ld*sk00l crowd's fault for being cranky, it's people and SEGA*fanatics like YOU that glut the net with 'OMG SHADOW 4EVR~!!11!' and support crappy video games and television." I've had enough of that crap already. ('Sides, it still gives ya no excuse to be an ass. :P) Paranoid? Yes I am. But my journal, my thoughts. This has been gnawing at me forever, and while I may get some people irritated, it's better than hiding it and lashing out on someone who didn't deserve it. Whiny? Maybe. But better my journal than LJ comms or DA comments.
Finally, the fans I'm ranting about are elitists/extremists, not fans of SatAM/Archie/etc. in general. The rest of you (aka sane fans) I'm fine with and you don't have to worry.
But geez... at least AoStH and SU fans don't tend to explode on ya. @.@;;;
Not that I'd ever EVER trade my Nintendo roots for anything. Just that the isolation kinda hurts when you don't share the same old*sk00l memories as everyone else. I could speak of 8-Bit NES goodness among Mario and Kirby fans, and squeal immediately when I spot Bubble Bobble and Excitebike. The closest to old*sk00l Sonic I got was a couple Game Gear games and 4 AoStH tapes, so I feel lost/confused in a SatAM/Archie/Fleetway crowd. (Not to mention I couldn't play anything from SEGA Genesis until Mega & Gems Collection came out) 'Specially hurts when they're all "OMG THE NEW SONIC GAMEZ SUXX0RZ" when you know, SA2B was what got me curious about the "golden days" and seek the fandom and older games in the first place. :/
Albeit, I always felt if I ever DID say something like that, I'd get comments of "OMG U N00b GET AWAY FROM ME!!1!1" and be avoided like a hyper 15-year-old Sonic X otaku. (And I don't even like Sonic X. XDD! I just icon the pretty art 'cause decent game screenshots are tough to find) Dude, you see me wishing everyday it were the 90s again. No doubt, that would be me boycotting the "new" Polly Pocket/Littlest Pet Shop/Trollz at the front door. I'm just not interested in Archie, no matter how much "ZOMG THE GOLDEN DAYS BEFOER THEY SUCK3D!11!" or "IAN PIATTO IZ RITING NOW!11" is thrown at me. Also? I have little access to SatAM and chances of downloading the entire series has always backfired on me. Sure, I know there's YouTube. But I'm very picky with how I watch the series, and I prefer seeing all the episodes in order--and not all episodes appear to be uploaded last time I checked. That, and I'd much prefer a time when I can watch it for my own personal enjoyment, not for you to nag at me 'cause OMG HOW DAAAAAAAAAARE I NEGLECT SATAM, THE GREATEST CARTOON OF ALL TIME. So sorry you feel soooooooooo repressed because TEH OMG EBIL SEGA fans are nowadays common. But geez Louise, there's more of you than you might think. Your fandom is not gonna shrivel up and die the next Knuxouge fic that's uploaded instead of your precious Knuckles/Julie-Su. Whenever I go on DA, the kajillions of art is proof of that.
I see the Sonic universes as different fandoms. Well, kinda. ^^;;; But you know what I mean. None of them is the same Sonic. I just happen to be a gamer girl who's had her start playing the games, therefore that's what I'm closest to. I never said anything like "OMG SEGA*SONIC IZ TEH ONLY TRUE SONIC ADN SATAM/ARCHI3 IZ AMERIKAN NOT JAPAN3S3 ADN NEDZ TO DYE!11!". Far from it. (I didn't say SatAM & Archie were the same thing either, but that's another subject. @.@;;;) I just don't feel the same connection for Sally, Bunnie and Antoine as I do for Mario, Kirby and Link. My nostalgia lies elsewhere.
Finally. My sister's a SatAM fan. I'm a SEGA fan. I don't push SEGA on her. So don't pressure me about your Sonicverse? :o Funkily enough, the time you're not shoving the series down my throat, maybe I'll finally get a hold of SatAM on DVD or something someday and watch it. Doesn't mean I'll immediately jump into writing SatAM fics or be apart of massive fandom discussions or anything, just that I like watching the show.
I don't want people ratting on me that, "No, it's not the 0ld*sk00l crowd's fault for being cranky, it's people and SEGA*fanatics like YOU that glut the net with 'OMG SHADOW 4EVR~!!11!' and support crappy video games and television." I've had enough of that crap already. ('Sides, it still gives ya no excuse to be an ass. :P) Paranoid? Yes I am. But my journal, my thoughts. This has been gnawing at me forever, and while I may get some people irritated, it's better than hiding it and lashing out on someone who didn't deserve it. Whiny? Maybe. But better my journal than LJ comms or DA comments.
Finally, the fans I'm ranting about are elitists/extremists, not fans of SatAM/Archie/etc. in general. The rest of you (aka sane fans) I'm fine with and you don't have to worry.
But geez... at least AoStH and SU fans don't tend to explode on ya. @.@;;;
